Tektos

Tektos マクロッシ Makurosshi
Screenshot from Magical Starsign.
Gender	Male
Species	Stone giant
Age	At least 12800
Birthplace	Erd

Tektos is a character in Magical Starsign. He is a stone giant that roams Erd, whose body comprises the town of Uponisbak and the Path of Five Organs. His closest friend is Shallot the elder brownie, who lives inside his skull.

Profile

Tektos is trusting, wise, and powerful. He is a pacifist by nature, but is willing to fight when the situation calls for it.

He is colossal in size, with his stone body possessing some humanoid features. Most of his insides are completely hollow, but he does have organs such as a heart and brain. Uponisbak rests over his shoulders, and when Tektos charges up his power, stone spines protrude from his back.

Biography

Early life

Tektos was the only survivor among nine stone giants that lived on Erd, who were all killed in a war against the Espresso civilization thousands of years ago. At some point, he befriended the elder brownie Shallot, and the pyrite town Uponisbak was built upon his back.

Magical Starsign

On their quest to find the five millennium gummies, the party traveled across eastern Erd to escape Space Police officers commanded by Magnus Muzzleflash. The chase ended at Plateau of the Giant where a small hangar was located, and the party was nearly struck by Muzzleflash's storm of bombs. Luckily, the whole fleet was forced to retreat when Muzzleflash ran out of ammo. With little time to spare, the group struggled to think of an escape plan. They all turned to Mokka, who began to tremble and announced orders to attack a stone giant in the distance. He went to touch the hangar's door, but Pico barged in and pushed Mokka over. Regaining control of himself, Mokka walked up to the door again and opened it.

As the party set foot inside the hangar, they discovered a strange machine propped up on a launch pad. An alarm blared, stating that the "spinning flight machine" was ready for takeoff. Sorbet questioned the contraption's flight capabilities, as it was merely a pod attached to a drill-shaped propeller. With a solution in mind, Lassi stepped on the launchpad and cast her wild magic, causing the propeller to twist. The students hurried and boarded the machine while the hangar's roof opened, letting Lassi's turbulent winds guide them towards Uponisbak.

Just as the kids were about to enter the tunnel beneath Uponisbak, a trio of officers flew in, but Muzzleflash's bombs rained down and left them incapacitated. The students fled through the Path of Five Organs within Tektos's upper body, eventually reaching a rope that led to his skull. There, they met Shallot and the disembodied voice of Tektos. Shallot was caught up on the kids' situation and how they must access Nova, to which he responded by explaining the etherealization process. He then alerted them about Muzzleflash's impending arrival, warning against using magic until the threat was gone, though Tektos encouraged the contrary. Complying with Tektos's wishes, Mokka's wild magic caused the titan's head to tremble and catch the Space Police's attention. Magnus Muzzleflash descended onto Tektos's cheekbone, then a fight ensued between him and the six students. Muzzleflash was unable to stand against them, but he did not give up. A couple of troops rushed in, reporting to Muzzleflash that the earth gummy was likely somewhere inside the Kahve Ruins after their forensics team detected strong energy inside. The update convinced Muzzleflash that Tektos was no longer of use to him, so he flew up and prepared to ram straight through the giant's body.

Shallot reminded Tektos of Muzzleflash's special armor, which was expertly crafted by the dwarves of Razen using Craaken's methods. Tektos ignored Shallot's pleas, saying he would be able to penetrate it with the planet's power, as well as some of Mokka's magic. The giant aimed at Muzzleflash and launched a laser beam into space, narrowly missing the Kahve Ruins, and instantly vaporizing Muzzleflash. However, the immense power caused the plasma holding Tektos's body to crumble and sink into Erd's sands. In his final moments, he ordered Shallot to give the students his soul, the earth millennium gummy.

Trivia

• An unused map of the game features an alternate layout of Tektos's skull, which contains eyes with veins that connect to a brain.

Nomenclature

His name likely comes from plate tectonics, a theory explaining the formation of landmasses as a result of subterranean movements.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マクロッシ Makurosshi	Makurosshi, from 白熊 shirokuma (kakigōri shaved ice, literally means "polar bear")
English	Tektos
French	Olivier	Olivier, possibly from olive
German	Tektos	Tektos
Italian	Tektos	Tektos
Spanish	Tektos	Tektos